My TROGE family ancestors originated in WEST PRUSSIA, Germany.
As early as 1810, they lived in and around the area of NEUGOLTZ, in
Deutch Krone.
The Deutsch Krone was formerly
part of Prussia, today it is called Walcz, and is
now part of Poland. Specifically, my ancestors lived at one time or
another in the cities
of Zippnow, Riege, Rederitz , and Stabitz. Over the years, many changes
occurred in
the boundaries as the government was challenged and was fought over.
Today these
cities are now located within Poland’s boundaries, and have been renamed
as described
below.

Zippnow
is now called Sypniewo and is under the jurisdiction of Jastrow in
Poland.

See the following link
for some interesting information about Zippnow and a few pictures:

Below is a map showing the location of West Prussia in
the years 1871-1918, in relation to other parts of Germany and Poland - it is number 13.

For a closer view of the
Deutsch Krone area check out this 1910 map. Rederitz is about 1/5 of the way down, center-right, and Stabitz is a lttle below
that. Zippnow
is in between them, a little more to the right.

Click on map for larger view

For
other maps and information about the Deutsch-Krone area see the
following link: